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Italian Sausage with Grapes & Greens

The Recipe: Healthy Italian sausages from Trader Joe's onions and grapes (or cherries! or blackberries!) glazed with balsamic vinegar. A couple of times a summer, we hit the sausage counter at Whole Foods, we love their house-made sausages! Zap! onto the grill they go, tucked into a bun with a zigzag of mustard and some pickled onions. But nutritionally? I don't wanna know, I really don't. Trader Joe's, though, has a good selection of sausages. They're smaller in size – cool, cuz we all know portion size matters. They have nutrition labels – extra-cool, cuz if I'm gonna go bad, I'd like to know kinda how bad, y'know? And they taste great – and that's from someone who loves Trader Joe's but bypasses the meat refrigerator Every.Single.Time. The real test, though? The ingredient list! Here goes. Skinless chicken meat. Red and green peppers. Water. Seasoning. Yeah, I can live with that! (For the record, this is not a sponsored recipe.